Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Weeks 17 & 18
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It’s been an exciting and tumultuous couple of weeks for the osprey family at Loch of the Lowes. Last time we shared a blog the young ospreys were testing their …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 10
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After a period of uncertainty, we left our osprey family last week with the good news that the male LM12 appeared to be recovering well from his injury, was back …
Who’s Been On My Nest? A Closer Look at the Threats and Intrusions Faced by a Pair of Breeding Ospreys
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Like incubating or fishing, nest defence is one of the key tasks that ospreys must undertake to ensure the survival of their eggs, and later of their chicks. At the …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 7
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The egg-hatch waiting game continues but the action hasn’t stopped for our incubating resident pair. In the past week we’ve seen an intruding osprey that had us questioning whether we’d …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – Week 6
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The wind continued over the weekend, but the nor’easterly wasn’t the only thing ruffling feathers at the Loch of the Lowes. Intruding ospreys, dropped fish and military planes flying over …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes- Weeks 4 & 5
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It’s been a blustery few weeks at the Loch of the Lowes Reserve full of intruding ospreys, but the couple have been keeping their eggs well protected 24/7 while also …
A Special Guest on the Nest – Intruding Osprey ‘Rothiemurchus’ visits Loch of the Lowes
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Yesterday morning (25th May), we had a very special ringed intruder land on the nest. Blue/White AE, also named ‘Rothiemurchus’, is a celebrity in the osprey world. He hatched at …
Osprey Diary Loch of the Lowes – Week 5
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It’s been another quiet week at Loch of the Lowes, full of incubation changes and fishy dinners, as resident ospreys NC0 and LM12 continue their preparations for the pitter patter …
Intruder Series: Ospreys
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If you follow Loch of the Lowes’ social media and live osprey webcam, you may notice that our nesting ospreys NC0 and LM12 have to deal with regular nest intrusions …
Tough Times at the Osprey Nest
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It’s been a tough time on the nest for the last 24 hours for our resident pair of ospreys NC0 and LM12. In the last few days an unringed osprey …